Chicken Masala Recipe | Masala Chicken Recipe
Chicken Masala Recipe with Step by Step pictures. Spicy and flavourful chicken masala with fresh spices, onion and tomato masala. This chicken masala has a thin layer of oil floating on top and goes well with rice or roti.
Ingredients
- Chicken - 500 grams
- Onion - 2 large sliced thinly
- Tomatoes - 2 large sliced thinly
- Green Chillies - 2 slit
- Curry leaves a handful
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
- Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
- Coriander powder - 2 tblspn
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
- Cumin Powder / Jeera Podi - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil - 2 tblspn
- Coriander leaves - 3 tblspn finely chopped
- For Grinding:
- Fresh Coconut - ½ cup grated
- Poppy Seeds / Khus Khus / Kasa Kasa - 2 tblspn
- Cinnamon Stick / Pattai - 4 cm piece
- Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu - 1 tblspn
Instructions
- Take the grinding ingredients in a blender and make it into a smooth puree. Set aside till use.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add in onions, chillies and curry leaves. Saute till the onions turn golden.
- Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
- In goes salt and all the spice powders. Mix well for 30 sec.
- Add in finely chopped tomatoes and saute for 5 to 7 mins till the tomatoes turn mushy.
- Add in the chicken pieces and toss well with the masala.
- Now cover the pressure cooker, cook for 3 whistle. Simmer the pan for 5 mins. Turn off the heat and let them steam go all by itself.
- Open the cooker and transfer this curry to a pot.
- Add in coconut masala and mix well. Cover this and Boil this for 10 mins or so till the curry thickens like a masala.
- Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve over rice.
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